this nurse clutching a newborn wrapped in a blanket holding one of those plastic bags. she was doing the work of the respirators herself. in fact, all the nurses in the unit were doing what's called bagging the air. literally squeezing bags of air into the tiny little lungs. cradling the babies and carrying them nine floors down. another baby rushed out, dwarfed by the size of the gurney. once outside, the bag replaced with oxygen brought in by paramedics. an entire team surrounding one baby. in fact, a hospital source telling me that's what they did moment the power was cut off. dividing into teams, surrounding one patient at time, carefully bringing them down a darkened stairwell, carrying them on plastic sleds rushed in by tl paramedics. flashlights all they had to see their way. >> there is literally like a bunch of people who would go with each patient carry them down the stairs physically. >> reporter: they were pulled out on the sled, sliding along the hospital floor. one by one we watched. still evacuating long after the sun came up. it is 10:00 a.m. in the morn